Recorded following his near-fatal shooting in New York, and released while he was in prison, Me Against the World is the point where 2Pac really became a legendary figure.
The title is a reference to the Black Star Line, a shipping company founded by Pan-Africanist Marcus Garvey. The album deals with modern-day issues, philosophies and life in Brooklyn.
Thug Life was Big Syke, Macadoshis, Mopreme, The Rated R and Tupac Shakur. 2 Pac's first group recorded only this studio album-- although 2 other versions of the album are rumored to have been recorded.
For 26-year-old Steve Ellison's deservedly hyped third album, Flying Lotus loosened the reins and set out to make Cosmogramma, which his label, Warp, promoted as a space opera of sorts.
Ant was back digging into the funk & soul crates, producing sample driven tracks that sounded as if they were birthed alongside early hip-hop classics.
Kid Cudi's "Free" ~ Grammy-winning, multi-platinum, Cleveland-born rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, and actor is back with his 13th album, Free!
Brooklyn-based DAS EFX's second album (1993) which every bit as tight as their first, and third for that matter, but slowed down with more minimal production so the lyrics are out front.
